People look at a series of prints at the painting at the 'Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art' exhibit at the museum in New York. The exhibit featured works exclusively from the museum's extensive collection. EPA/JUSTIN LANE.
NEW YORK, NY.-The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the landmark exhibition Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art drew 703,256 visitors during its 17-week presentation at the Museum ending Sunday—making it the most highly attended show since 2001. On view from April 19 through August 15, 2010, Picasso became the seventh most highly attended exhibition at the Metropolitan since the Museum first began tracking exhibition attendance nearly 50 years ago. It was the first exhibition to focus exclusively on the remarkable array of works by Pablo Picasso in the Metropolitan's collection. "We are especially pleased and proud that a special exhibition from the Met's own superb collections has earned such an extraordinary public response. The heartening attendance at Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a testament not only to the enduring popularity of this iconic artist, but to the richness and depth ... More
James Turrell, Within without 2010, lighting installation, concrete and basalt stupa, water, earth, landscaping, 800 x 2800 x 2800 cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
CANBERRA.-The National Gallery of Australia today unveiled a major new acquisition for the national art collection, Within without, a monumental ‘Skyspace’ installation by renowned American artist James Turrell. The only work of its kind in Australia, the partly subterranean installation creates an immersive viewing experience that uses space, shape and light to affect the perception of the sky. Ron Radford AM, Director of the National Gallery of Australia said, “We are thrilled to open this astonishing work, Within without by James Turrell, one of the world’s most visionary artists.” “The National Gallery of Australia commissioned Within without the largest Skyspace in the southern hemisphere, and now the largest work in the national collection. One of Turrell’s most complex Skyspaces, the sculpture is prominently located in the new Australian Gardens near the ... More
Workers assemble the installation 'Lightning with Stag in its Glare' by German artist Joseph Beuys at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen. EPA/JULIAN STRATENSCHULTE.
DUSSELDORF.- Joseph Beuys was one of the most internationally innovative and influential artists of the 20th century. As the initiator of momentous new artistic forms of expression, he had a lasting and immediate effect on countless artists. Joseph Beuys: Parallel Processes will be taking place almost 20 years after Armin Zweite’s widely acclaimed show Joseph Beuys – Natur, Materie, Form (= Nature, Matter, Form). The new exhibition curated by Marion Ackermann and Isabelle Malz, is intended as an examination of the “parallel processes” in Joseph Beuys’s seemingly heterogeneous life’s work. The different facets are to be brought into relation with one another and described with regard to their interdependency. A chronological succession of ten selected major works representing the various phases of Beuys’s productivity will try to elucidate the complex web of structures, not only ... More
The Mac Mahon theater in Paris. In Paris, there are seemingly endless rues and quais and museums and cafes to explore, which means visitors often hurry past on one of the city's greatest attractions: its cinemas. AP Photo/Jacques Brinon.
By: Jake Coyle, AP Entertainment Writer
PARIS (AP).- It may seem backward to travel to one of the most beautiful cities in the world and sit in the dark. In Paris, there are seemingly endless rues and quays and museums and cafes to explore, which means visitors often hurry past one of the city's greatest attractions: its cinemas. They're found throughout the French capital — and in particular the Latin Quarter. No city in the world boasts such a bevy of independent theaters, where vibrant repertory series and exciting selections play nightly. New York might quibble, but most of its independent theaters long ago shuttered. Manhattanites can proudly claim the essential Film Forum, but Parisians can stand on the Left Bank and have nearly a dozen similar options within a five-minute walk. Spending an entire trip among flickering projections ... More
View of Notre Dame cathedral's towers, in Paris, France. EPA/HORACIO VILLALOBOS.
By: Mike Collett-White
LONDON (REUTERS).- A British archivist believes he has uncovered the real-life inspiration for French novelist Victor Hugo's mysterious character Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. Adrian Glew, who works on the Tate collection's archives in London, was studying the seven-volume handwritten autobiography of 19th century British sculptor Henry Sibson when he came across a reference to a Frenchman whose nickname was "le bossu," or hunchback. Sibson had been employed in the 1820s to carve stone as part of the renovation of Notre Dame in Paris which had suffered damage during the French Revolution in the 1790s. But he fell out with one of his contractors and applied for another job at the government studios where he met a carver called Trajan. According to Sibson, Trajan was a "most worthy, fatherly and amiable man as ever existed -- he was the carver ... More
The view inside the Academia Gallery in Florence of the Michelangelo masterpiece, the statue of David. EPA PHOTO/ANSA/MARCO BUCCO.
ROME (AP).- Florence's mayor is defending his city's ownership of Michelangelo's marble masterpiece "David" after the Culture Ministry reportedly asserted that the treasure belongs to the central government in Rome. The Renaissance-style feud broke out over the weekend with reports that Rome was laying claim to the sculpture, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Italy. Michelangelo completed the 4.34-meter (14 foot)-high nude statue in Florence in 1504, and its home has been the city's Galleria dell'Accademia for more than 100 years. Florence Mayor Matteo Renzi said the statue, along with other treasures, was ceded to the city of Florence by a decree in 1870 or 1871 when Rome became the capital of newly formed modern Italy. "David is ours," Renzi told La Repubblica over the weekend in an interview broadcast on its website. "That's what the documents say." Lawyers commissioned by the culture ministry in Rome, however, argue that Florence ... More
Deputy Director of the museum, Martin Wyatt poses with a Jimi Hendrix's orange velvet jacket. AP Photo/Sang Tan.
LONDON (AP).- Clothing, mementoes and handwritten lyrics belonging to Jimi Hendrix are going on display at his former London home to mark the 40th anniversary of his death. The guitarist lived during the late 1960s in an apartment in the Mayfair area of London. He died in the city on Sept. 18, 1970. Composer George Frideric Handel lived next door in the 18th century, and Hendrix's former home is now part of the Handel House Museum. The museum is holding an exhibition devoted to Hendrix's London years. It gave photographers a preview Monday. The exhibition opens Aug. 25 and runs to Nov. 7. For 12 days in September visitors will also be able to tour the rooms where Hendrix lived, which are not usually open to the public. Sarah Bardwell, Director of Handel House Museum, said ‘We are excited to be celebrating the life of Jimi Hendrix. After moving to Brook Street in 1968, Hendrix learned of the Handel connection with the building and headed to One Stop Records in South Molton S ... More
Frank Auerbach, Looking towards Mornington Crescent Station. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON.- An important and large painting Looking Towards Mornington Crescent Station (1972 -74) by the highly acclaimed artist Frank Auerbach will be sold by Bonhams in the 20th Century British Art auction at New Bond Street on November 17th 2010. The painting, which has never appeared at auction before and hasn’t been since in public since the late 1970s, is estimated to sell for £800,000 - £1,200,000. In June Bonhams achieved the highest ever price at auction for a small painting by Auerbach (Head of E.O.W. III for £860,000) and is now looking forward to offering this dynamic oil in November, along with a group of sketches by the same artist from the same collection. Considered one of Britain’s greatest living artists, Auerbach has been based in North London for his entire career, spanning over fifty years. His studio which he’s worked in since 1954 is five minutes walk from Mornington Crescent station. During ... More
Bob Dylan, Rainforest, 2010. Acrylic on canvas, 101.6 x 76.2 cm.
COPENHAGEN.- Bob Dylan has been a prolific painter and draughtsman since the 1960s. The multi-talented artist has, however, long kept this lesser-known aspect of his work to himself; only over the course of the last three years has he appeared in public as a painter, exhibiting watercolours and drawings. The National Gallery of Denmark’s major autumn exhibition sees Bob Dylan presenting large-scale paintings for the first time ever: The Brazil Series, which consists of all-new, never-before-seen works. While Bob Dylan’s paintings and songs can be said to complement each other on certain points, his visual art should nevertheless be regarded as a fully rounded universe in its own right. If you search the paintings for visual assistance for your interpretations of Dylan’s songs and music, you would seek in vain. Rather, the works seem to spring from a deeply felt need on the artist’s part to express himself in sole ... More
Matt Patterson, center, a forensic dentist, peers at a human skull as graduate student Robert Frank, left, and historian Frank Watson stand by, at the site that researchers believe is a mass grave for immigrant Irish railroad workers. AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma.
By: Kathy Matheson, Associated Press Writer
MALVERN, PA (AP).- Young and strapping, the 57 Irish immigrants began grueling work in the summer of 1832 on the Philadelphia and Columbia railroad. Within weeks, all were dead of cholera. Or were they murdered? Two skulls unearthed at a probable mass grave near Philadelphia this month showed signs of violence, including a possible bullet hole. Another pair of skulls found earlier at the woodsy site also displayed traumas, seeming to confirm the suspicions of two historians leading the archaeological dig. "This was much more than a cholera epidemic," William Watson said. Watson, chairman of the history department at nearby Immaculata University, and his twin brother Frank have been working for nearly a decade to unravel ... More
Luvenia Jones, from Pittsburgh, takes a photograph of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. AP Photo/Tony Dejak.
CLEVELAND, OH.- Today the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum announced that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation will create a $5 million endowment fund to ensure the nonprofit museum’s experience and related technology remain vibrant. The fund was generated by proceeds from the history-making Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts held at Madison Square Garden in October 2009 with a lineup of more than 40 legendary artists from Jerry Lee Lewis to Bono. “Rock and roll is an art form, and arguably one of the most accessible art forms that is well known and loved around the world,” said Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation. “This gift is also about the artists’ endorsement of the Museum’s mission: to celebrate and preserve the art form and to provide education activities to inform the public about its worldwide impact.” The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Fo ... More
Paul Sharits, Vile Lines, 1981, ink on paper. Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Butler Family Fund and the T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 2008.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- An empty wooden box, a clear plastic cup, a pair of balloons, a spray of paint, a bed of moss, a moment in time. Exploring the poetic and conceptual promise of minimal gestures and simple materials, the Walker Art Center exhibition A Shot in the Dark, opened on Thursday, features works that transcend their humble means as they evoke other places, times, and states of mind. Consisting entirely of recent Walker acquisitions and rarely seen works from the collection, the exhibition will be on view through March 20, 2011. Spanning disparate categories of artistic production—from early 20th-century landscape painting and 1960s conceptualism to kinetic sculpture and contemporary photography—A Shot in the Dark highlights a diverse group of works new to the collection, including three moving-image works, which form the core of the exhibition. Attempting to locate the expansive ... More
Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon photographed by Herman Leonard. AP Photo/Herman Leonard Photography, LLC., CTSIMAGES.
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Jazz scene photographer Herman Leonard, famous for his smoky, backlighted black-and-white photos of such greats as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis and Frank Sinatra, has died. He was 87. Leonard, who moved to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina flooded his New Orleans home and destroyed thousands of his prints, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, family spokeswoman Geraldine Baum said on his website. The cause of death wasn't disclosed. Leonard was considered one of the great mid-century jazz scene photographers. He started in the late 1940s and left a rich chronicle of a musical era with photos taken in New York, Paris and London through the 1960s. The Smithsonian has more than 130 Leonard photographs in its permanent collection. He was studying photography at Ohio University when he was called to duty in the U.S. ... More
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Diverse Cultures Contributed to New Mexico Art SANTA FE (AP).- For centuries, New Mexico has been home to a distinctive tradition of painting Catholic saints in simple portraits, rather than adhering to the elaborate styles of European art. Some critics have said the paintings resulted from untrained Spanish artists doing the best they could. But the curator of the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art never accepted that argument. Instead, Robin Farwell Gavin believes artists chose to adopt artistic traditions of Native Americans instead of the baroque styles brought to early New Mexico from the outside world. That illustrates the message of cultural exchange behind "Converging Streams: Art of the Hispanic and Native American Southwest," an exhibit that runs through September at the museum. Part of the show will come down at the end of August. "If we really start to open our eyes to what's happening with these art forms, it's bringing us a whole different aspect of the story of the history here in New Mexico," said Gavin, who cura ... More
Remains of Mexican Independence Heroes Underwent Restoration MEXICO CITY.- Osseous remains of 14 Insurgent heroes that rest in the Independence Column in Mexico City underwent, for the first time in history, a meticulous process of restoration and preservation conducted by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). Alfonso de Maria y Campos, INAH general director, informed so, and specified that although the rests of national heroes received homage in 1823, 1895 and 1925, this is the first time studies and conservation processes have been conducted. The relics that “symbolize the death of thousands of Mexicans” will be preserved many years for the future generations. During the press conference presided by the ministry of Public Education, Alonso Lujambio, where details of the homage and the route that the solemn cortege will cover in August 15th 2010 were announced, the INAH officer mentioned that deterioration of the remains was advancing so ... More
World Famous Terracotta Army Arrives in Stockholm for Exhibition at Ostasiatiska Museum STOCKHOLM.- Part of the Chinese terracotta army and the most recent archaeological findings will be exhibited in Stockholm during the fall of 2010. The exhibition will be unique since it will be displayed in a spectacular environment and feature several new unique findings from other similar gravesites. For the first time outside of China the artefacts will be displayed under ground, in the Secret Rock Galleries below the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities in central Stockholm. The setting is similar to the environment in which the artefacts once were found. "As a visitor one will get that sense of the first magical moment encountering the army face to face in the excavation situation", says museum director Mrs Sanne Houby-Nielsen. The setting is ideal, utilising the subterranean Secret Rock Galleries, the former naval base of the Swedish Navy. It’s situated on the island of Skeppsholmen, opposite of the Royal Palace. The Rock Galleries are usually not open to the public. "W ... More
Lebanon Tries to Retain Arabic in Polyglot Culture BEIRUT (AP).- Maya Sabti's children were born and raised in Lebanon but they speak only broken Arabic and cringe when presented with an Arabic book to read. "I try to get them interested, but I don't blame them that they're not," said Sabti, whose children are 8 and 10. "Mobile phones, Facebook, movies — all that's important to them is in English." In Lebanon, where everyday conversations have long been sprinkled with French and English, many fear the new generation is losing its connection to the country's official language: Arabic. The issue has raised enough concern for some civil groups to take action. "Young people are increasingly moving away from Arabic, and this is a major source of concern for us," says Suzanne Talhouk, 33, a Lebanese poet who heads "Feil Amer," an organization launched last year to promote Arabic. "The absence of a common language between individuals of the same country means losing the common identity and cause," Talhouk said. In a nod both to it ... More
Spain Debates Enshrining Ancient Tradition of Bullfighting as Culture MADRID (AP).- Ernest Hemingway was fascinated by bullfighting and artist Goya depicted it in some of his most famous paintings. Now Spain's leading opposition party wants to enshrine it as part of the nation's cultural heritage — and stop efforts to ban the bloody pastime. Supporters who say bullfighting is a form of art crucial to Spanish national identity say the move would also overturn the high-profile bullfighting ban enacted last month in the populous northeastern Catalonia region, and strike down a 1991 ban in Spain's Canary Islands. Other parts of Spain would be prevented from enacting regional bans so Spaniards and tourists would have the freedom of choice to attend bullfights, said lawmaker Juan Manuel Albendea, the spokesman for the longshot bill being pushed forward by the conservative Popular Party. "What if, say, Madrid banned the cinema?" asked Albendea. "It would be ridiculous." The proposal also ... More
Citizens of Turkey See Ottoman Empire Legacy in New Light ISTANBUL (AP).- This month, a troupe of 100 musicians, dancers, acrobats and robed actors is performing an Ottoman-style spectacle near Topkapi Palace, once home to the sultans. An exhibition of Ottoman poetry is on display at Istanbul's international airport. Ottoman cuisine, a fusion of flavors from old imperial lands, is in vogue. It's quite a turnaround. For most of the last century, Turks were told to look askance at the Ottoman Empire. Nostalgia for the 1453 conquest of Constantinople and other early triumphs was fine — but the excesses of the sultans were the stuff of decay, no model for modern Turkey. Today, the legacy of the Ottomans is enjoying a makeover. Turkey is a regional power that no longer sees itself as a junior partner of the West. Its diplomats and entrepreneurs reach out to Iraq, Iran, Syria and other lands once ruled from the Ottoman court. The roots of this confident campaign lie partly in the protocol, pluralism and Islamic piety of the imperial pa ... More
World Record Porsche is Highlight of $18.6 Million Sale LOS ANGELES, CA.-Bonhams & Butterfields celebrated the thirteenth anniversary of its renowned motorcar auction at the sunny Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley with resounding success. Comprising a very diverse and newsworthy selection of 102 cars, 1 airplane and 1 boat – of which 77 sold (a 74% sell rate), the auction represented three major collections headlined by the Michael Amalfitano collection of competition cars, which blew through all pre-sale expectations and set the tone for a buoyant two-day sale. A world record for any Porsche sold at auction was achieved with the ex-Jurgen Neuhaus/Jurgen Barth 1972-73 European Interserie and David Hobbs/Mike Hailwood Gulf-JW Automotive team 1972-73 Porsche 917 Interserie Spyder neé 1970 Gulf-JWA Le Mans 917K Coupe realizing $3,965,000. Many other strong prices were attained for the rarest and freshest offerings, which included: • The exceedingly rare 1930 Mercedes-Benz 7.1 Lite ... More
Met Opera Breaks Box Office Record, Topping $2.6 Million NEW YORK (AP).- The Metropolitan Opera has set a record for its box office opening day, selling more than $2.6 million worth of single tickets for the new season. The total, reflecting the sale of more than 24,000 tickets on Sunday, compares to $2.5 million in sales on last year's opening day. Sales included in-person purchases, plus those made by telephone and online. The company's 33-week season starts Sept. 27 with a new production of Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" directed by Robert Lepage. It's part of the Met's first new version in more than two decades of the German composer's four-part epic, "Der Ring des Nibelungen." And Met General Manager Peter Gelb was banking on a theatrical success by hiring the Canadian director whose dazzling audio-visual techniques have been called "visionary" by hip spectators. Celebrating the 40th anniversary of his Met debut, James Levine will conduct "Das Rheingold" six times through April, starring bass-baritone Bryn Terfel and mezzo-sopr ... More
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On a day like today, Italian painter and etcher Agostino Carracci was born
October 16, 1557. Agostino Carracci (or Caracci) (16 August 1557 - 22 March 1602) was an Italian painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, and art teacher. He was, together with his brother, Annibale Carracci, and cousin, Ludovico Carracci, one of the founders of the Accademia degli Incamminati (Academy of the Progressives) in Bologna. In this image: Selfportrait as a watchmaker.
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